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This trend, along with all the tattooing and body piercing and other weird modifications are getting people ready for the brave new world of genetic modification, human cloning, chimera, cyborgs,enhanced humans,super soldiers, (All of which are off the drawing board now)and, ultimately, the mark of the beast. If people can get used to body modifications that make them look like they are no longer human, they can get used to anything. Will YOU take the mark?

That was a hilarious clip by Kimmel and his writers. But the fact is that people have been altering their physical features for centuries and centuries. This is not a modern phenomenon at all, and the body alterations have been performed by different cultures throughout history. They are basically forms of tribal markings, and become another way for individuals to demonstrate their ties to certain socio-cultural groups, losing a part of their individuality. But as certain markings become more commonplace, people who seek to assert a tribal identity need to further differentiate themselves. Thus, the bagel-head surgical procedure, is just another illustration of that principle.

Of course, one can also differentiate oneself and develop a new social-cultural identity by developing one’s mind–but that takes a lot more work, and results, obviously, can not be seen as easily as physical alterations.